tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245381193993153721.post4336564536061451606..comments2024-03-28T17:08:15.784-07:00Comments on Social Democracy for the 21st Century: A Realist Alternative to the Modern Left: Want to Reduce Anti-Semitism in Europe?Lord Keyneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06556863604205200159noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245381193993153721.post-9831694731812165672016-05-03T09:32:43.100-07:002016-05-03T09:32:43.100-07:00"do you propose how exactly israel can get al..."do you propose how exactly israel can get along with this kind of neighbous?"<br /><br />No, but I bet they'd find out themselves if the US would quit changing their diapers ;-)<br /><br />One thing I would put on the table is the Yinon Plan. Kevinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11890229869783893118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245381193993153721.post-4378850429019868172016-05-02T01:09:49.913-07:002016-05-02T01:09:49.913-07:00Ken b
Thank you as always for the interesting com...Ken b<br /><br />Thank you as always for the interesting comment.disequilibriumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09760922141392402211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245381193993153721.post-35720144416087779712016-05-01T15:58:43.373-07:002016-05-01T15:58:43.373-07:00Another charming antisemitism heard from. Cohen me...Another charming antisemitism heard from. Cohen means you. http://www.theguardian.com/politics/commentisfree/2016/apr/30/labour-antisemitism-ken-livingstone-george-galloway?CMP=share_btn_tw<br />Ken Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08207803092348071005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245381193993153721.post-54172374221584661972016-05-01T12:08:45.423-07:002016-05-01T12:08:45.423-07:00wait i would like to ask you 2 questions
1.how ex...wait i would like to ask you 2 questions<br /><br />1.how exactly radical islamism with jihadi local/global tendencies (of radical isalmic shariya state) have anything to do with israel and any sort of anti imperalist colonization movements?<br /><br />and i remind you that syria iraq lybia iran yemen saudi arabia already controlled more or less by this jihdai radical islamic groups.<br /><br />while egypt jordan tunisia fight despertaly against them and there is a serious threat to the secular dictatorial regimes in this countries.<br /><br />2.which solution to get along with radical islamists which believe that everyone should be or radical muslim like them or to be exterminated? do you propose how exactly israel can get along with this kind of neighbous?disequilibriumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09760922141392402211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245381193993153721.post-55236338782922741912016-05-01T05:18:58.469-07:002016-05-01T05:18:58.469-07:00There have been at least two Republican administra...There have been at least two Republican administrations Ike & Bush II that did studies of the hatred & aggression felt by Muslims against the USA. Under Bush it was called the Rumsfeld Report and you can find it online for free. It clearly demonstrates that US blind allegiance to Israel is causing a great deal of the current problem. So rather than engage in ooga-booga stories on Islam, I'd rather pull the plug on Israel and see how fast they find a solution to get along with their neighbors after than. Then, end American Hegemony & Imperialism in general. No, I do not think your point made elsewhere that imperialism inevitably accompanies a superpower add anything to the discussion.Kevinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11890229869783893118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245381193993153721.post-55709141494534492832016-04-30T10:09:12.745-07:002016-04-30T10:09:12.745-07:00ohh i am sorry i thoguht you meant what been the c...ohh i am sorry i thoguht you meant what been the causes of the hyperinflation.<br /><br />but the reason for stabilization plan been the hyperinflation.disequilibriumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09760922141392402211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245381193993153721.post-11052436425425886922016-04-30T09:40:09.527-07:002016-04-30T09:40:09.527-07:00the problem is not what they said but their motive...the problem is not what they said but their motive of saying that neildisequilibriumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09760922141392402211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245381193993153721.post-61703134512907942252016-04-30T09:39:25.260-07:002016-04-30T09:39:25.260-07:00well its been major neoliberal in the dot.com cris...well its been major neoliberal in the dot.com crisis netanyahu outsourced many public services into private contractors hands while cutting budgets and taxes for the rich with crazy supply side reasoning luckily U.S recovered fast enough to support israeli exports which saved israel from his crazy policies.<br /><br />but anyway now likud seems less neoliberal and way more populist but what is worriying me is the increasing power of the so called liberal wing in the likud party (which composed of misses/ayn rand fans and israeli variation of tea party religious conservative laziess faire loonies).disequilibriumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09760922141392402211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245381193993153721.post-21692949526730573042016-04-30T09:29:42.760-07:002016-04-30T09:29:42.760-07:00uhm in my opinion is that there been a mixture of ...uhm in my opinion is that there been a mixture of reasons.<br /><br />n israel in 1980-1985 the inflation been huge (record high in 1983 450%),there been many causes for that<br /><br />1.the involvment in lebanon in the 80-s (Israeli version of vietnam which been really costly for israel) which soaked huge amount of money for war efforts.<br /><br />2.Tarif shock therapy of the neo-liberal likud party (its replaced the israeli labour party in 1977) which basically caused sharp outflow of capital and demand to abroad in a really quick timeline (well they indeed created a shock).<br /><br />3.in the 70-s Israel expierenced lost decade of stagnating productivity and growth most likely the reason is<br />the deregulated private banking sector (which created by the vision of the so called “patinkin boys” famouns neoclassical professor don patinkin students in heberew university in jerusalem which believed in self regulating financial sector),the deregulated banking sector started to do market manipulation with its own stocks until the face value of this small israeli banks been something like barclays or lloyds this manipulation created 2 big problems.<br /><br />a.a lot of capital gone from productive industries to this banks which did wild failed investments abroad at expense of investing in israel.<br /><br />b.in 1983 the face value of this banks been so huge so they werent able to maintain the price of their stocks any longer and 6 from the 7 operating banks in israel at the time collapsed because of that and had to be bailout by the government and eventually natioanlised by the government.<br /><br />https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1983_Israel_bank_stock_crisisdisequilibriumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09760922141392402211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245381193993153721.post-31574454441866367272016-04-30T08:54:44.622-07:002016-04-30T08:54:44.622-07:00"Now there are problems with that statement, ..."Now there are problems with that statement, and with a lot of Livingstone’s politics, but the fact is that it is not far from the truth."<br /><br />Are there problems with it though given it was a verbal statement on a radio show, and he was clearly referring to the comments by Netanyahu last year - which is the latest version of where this idea is coming form?<br /><br />Ken was foolish to use the H word, which just invokes Godwin Law, but I've been quite disgusted about how the words have been twisted in the media.<br /><br />Even Naz Shah's actual comments seem to be to be naive rather than symbolic of a hatred of the Jews. <br /><br />It *would* be a solution to move Israel to the USA. The only problem is that the Israelis would never agree to it. Because Israel exists and has done for nearly 70 years. It's going nowhere. <br /><br />However the statement has been twisted to infer forceful movement - which she never said at all.<br /><br />It's pretty clear there's an internal Labour political battle going on here and false accusations of anti-semitism damage Labour into next week's election.<br /><br />Frankly though Corbyn's handling of the issue has been poor. It has pandered to false accusations and victim culture. NeilWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11565959939525324309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245381193993153721.post-40727415849426957892016-04-30T08:15:59.351-07:002016-04-30T08:15:59.351-07:00Also, what is your opinion of Likud? Is Likud the ...Also, what is your opinion of Likud? Is Likud the major neoliberal party in Israel now?Lord Keyneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06556863604205200159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245381193993153721.post-71208129508924534382016-04-30T08:15:09.379-07:002016-04-30T08:15:09.379-07:00The 1985 Israel Economic Stabilization Plan is an ...The 1985 Israel Economic Stabilization Plan is an interesting subject. I am curious to know what the causes of this were. Was this a consequence of the 1977-1981 oil shocks and stagflation? Was Israel experiencing a balance of payments crisis in this period?Lord Keyneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06556863604205200159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245381193993153721.post-63058998271009327032016-04-30T08:06:50.231-07:002016-04-30T08:06:50.231-07:00LK thank you for your interesting opinion i am as ...LK thank you for your interesting opinion i am as Israeli agree with you 100%.<br /><br />the problem with all of this its not exactly what this labour members are saying but the motives for this (which is basically to appeal to the antisemitic sentiments of some definitely not all of the muslim voters of labour party).<br /><br />its a dirty and cheap tricks.<br /><br />and the best weapon against it just not giving atteniton.<br /><br />p.s (if we are speaking about israel i want to give you idea for 3 blog posts about israeli economics which i believe may w be interesting in this blog)<br /><br />1.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austerity_in_Israel.<br />(austerity not in sense of surplus budget but in a sense of strict rationing of food and water which prevented mass starvation in newly founded israel). <br />2.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1983_Israel_bank_stock_crisis<br /><br />the dangers of bank deregulated enviorment (there is no more obvious example than this i believe)<br /><br />3.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1985_Israel_Economic_Stabilization_Plan<br /><br />(how israel handled its hyperinflation spiral in very heterodox way even though with touches of neoliberalism but still i believe in very post keyensian way).disequilibriumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09760922141392402211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245381193993153721.post-61586189592243350652016-04-30T06:40:22.896-07:002016-04-30T06:40:22.896-07:00My recollection isn't clear enough about nazi ...My recollection isn't clear enough about nazi policies on expulsion, but I think this isn't quite right. However I agree on the main issue. As for the Corbynites like Livingstone I think you are off base. He knows none of these details you discuss, nor any others. He just "knows" you can expel Jews without killing them, so that's okay, worth thinking about. <br /><br />As I said, I am enjoying the show, for partisan reasons. <br />Ken Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08207803092348071005noreply@blogger.com